Bertrand Russell Quotes
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I know politics and politicians are hated, but I still believe in goodness of a heart that has selfless intentions. With the grace of God, I will make a difference.
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With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face.
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When I was 14, I was a passenger in a terrible accident.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.
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I work all the time. I never leave home. I mean, I just stay honed in on what's ahead.
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I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.
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Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.
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We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
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Fortunately, I don't spend too much time reading or worrying about what people have to say, but the goal for me throughout this whole process - throughout my whole life - is to try to be happy.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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People come up to me in bars and on street corners and they say to me, 'Hey, Paulsen, have you got any change?'
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Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there.
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I used to a lot. I used to go dancing.
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Well the basic thesis is that there's a god in heaven who is all powerful who wants to help people. And that - he will answer prayer, and does miraculous things in people's lives. And so I've documented some of these wonderful things.
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Some of my friends have urged me to tell people the basic story, but 'for God’s sake don’t mention the reptiles.'
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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What should all men know about women? That we are always right and you should just agree.
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I saw Deep Purple live once and I paid money for it and I thought, 'Geez, this is ridiculous.' You just see through all that sort of stuff. I never liked those Deep Purples or those sort of things. I always hated it. I always thought it was a poor man's Led Zeppelin.
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Every step in the progress of this study has tended to obliterate the technical barriers by which logicians have sought to separate the inquiries relating to the several parts of man's nature.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
